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Early Ostrogoths

A rather scary army relying on shock lancers and masses of allied foot to take terrain

1 bowmen LF Unprotected Average Undrilled bow - - - 6
2 bowmen LF Unprotected Average Undrilled bow - - - 6
3 bowmen LF Unprotected Average Undrilled bow - - - 6
4 bowmen LF Unprotected Average Undrilled bow - - - 6
5 cavalry Cv Protected Superior Undrilled - Lancers Swordmen - 4
6 cavalry Cv Protected Superior Undrilled - Lancers Swordmen - 4
7 cavalry Cv Protected Superior Undrilled - Lancers Swordmen - 4
8 dacian foot mf Protected Average Undrilled - Impact foot Swordmen - 8
9 dacian foot mf Protected Average Undrilled - Impact foot Swordmen - 12
10 dacian axeman mf Unprotected Superior Undrilled - Heavy weapon Heavy weapon - 6
11 cavalry Cv Protected Superior Undrilled - Lancers Swordmen - 4
12 nobles CV Armoured Superior Undrilled - Lancers Swordmen - 4
13 nobles CV Armoured Superior Undrilled - Lancers Swordmen - 4
. TC - dacian TC  - - - - - - Ally general 1
. TC TC  - - - - - - - 1
. TC TC  - - - - - - - 1
. IC IC  - - - - - - - 1

The Ostrogoths (Latin: Ostrogothi or Austrogothi) were a branch of the Goths, an East Germanic tribe that played a major role in the political events of the late Roman Empire. The other branch was the Visigoths.

The Ostrogoths established a relatively short-lived successor state of Rome in Italy and the Pannonia, even briefly incorporating most of Hispania and southern Gaul. They reached their zenith under their Romanised king Theodoric the Great, who patronised such late Roman figures as Boethius and Cassiodorus, in the first quarter of the sixth century. By mid-century, however, they had been conquered by Rome in the Gothic War (535–554), a war with devastating consequences for Italy.

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